The views of Australian judicial officers on domestic and family violence perpetrator interventions Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Janemaree Maher, Kate Thomas, Jasmine McGowan, Jude McCulloch, Jessica Burley and Naomi Pfitzner
By: Fitz-Gibbon, Kate
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Contributor(s): Maher, Janemaree | Thomas, Kate | McGowan, Jasmine | McCulloch, Jude | Burley, Jessica | Pfitzner, Naomi.
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BookSeries: ANROWS Research report.Publisher: Sydney, NSW : Australia’s National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety Limited (ANROWS), 2020Description: electronic document (110 pages) ; PDF file.ISBN: 978-1-925925-34-0 (online).Subject(s): ATTITUDES | COURTS | DOMESTIC VIOLENCE | FAMILY VIOLENCE | INTERVENTION | INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE | JUSTICE | PERPETRATOR PROGRAMMES | PERPETRATORS | INTERNATIONAL | AUSTRALIAOnline resources: Click here to access online | Research summary | Project webpage ANROWS Research report, Issue 13, June 2020Summary: This project aimed to support the development of judicial information and guidance to enhance the effective use of perpetrator interventions in Australian state and territory courts.
The findings of this project illuminate the views of judicial officers about perpetrator interventions and offer new knowledge about how these views might influence the use of perpetrator interventions in DFV matters.
The research revealed that judicial officers hold mixed views on the effectiveness of perpetrator interventions in DFV matters. Judicial officers reported having little access to information about which (if any) perpetrator interventions have been previously used with a perpetrator when a DFV case is before them. Judicial officers also expressed a lack of knowledge about perpetrator program referral options, in relation to both the availability and nature of the programs.
The report recommends the development of guidance on making use of a perpetrator’s history of interventions in all DFV matters, including in sentencing; the possibility of a centralised register of perpetrator intervention programs; and further consideration by courts and judicial education bodies about the role of judicial officers in creating system accountability regarding perpetrators of DFV. (From the website). Record #6719
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ANROWS Research report, Issue 13, June 2020
This project aimed to support the development of judicial information and guidance to enhance the effective use of perpetrator interventions in Australian state and territory courts.
The findings of this project illuminate the views of judicial officers about perpetrator interventions and offer new knowledge about how these views might influence the use of perpetrator interventions in DFV matters.
The research revealed that judicial officers hold mixed views on the effectiveness of perpetrator interventions in DFV matters. Judicial officers reported having little access to information about which (if any) perpetrator interventions have been previously used with a perpetrator when a DFV case is before them. Judicial officers also expressed a lack of knowledge about perpetrator program referral options, in relation to both the availability and nature of the programs.
The report recommends the development of guidance on making use of a perpetrator’s history of interventions in all DFV matters, including in sentencing; the possibility of a centralised register of perpetrator intervention programs; and further consideration by courts and judicial education bodies about the role of judicial officers in creating system accountability regarding perpetrators of DFV. (From the website). Record #6719
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